Key Recovery and Life Skills Center
Warehouse Operator
Key Recovery and Life Skills Center, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98106
Job Description
Job Description Description: The Warehouse Operator will work out of our West Seattle Recycling location and will operate several machines in the warehouse that include Forklift, Wheel Loader, and Baler. The Warehouse Operator will perform various tasks to support all warehouse functions.
Duties and Responsibilities: Perform duties in compliance with all Company policies and local, state, and federal safety regulations. Safely operate and maintain all equipment associated with the Loaders, Forklifts, Balers and strappers. Conduct daily pre and post trip inspections as required by OSHA and Seadrunar standards. Ensure employees are properly trained to operate and/or maintain all equipment. Monitor and load wire for strappers. Report contaminated loads to supervisors and/or management. Assist customers to the correct location to unload and help if necessary. Load/unload trucks and trailers. Empty tipping bins (trash, glass, etc.) and bunkers. Monitor final products for excessive contamination and report to supervisors and/or management. Maintain a clear and hazard free shipping area. Perform work on weekends, and/or holidays and evenings as needed to meet applicable deadlines. Be proficient in grading, sorting, and upgrading scrap metal purchased. Provide accurate weights to the customer base when using digital and balance scales. Document vehicle description, license plate and material customers sell to the business for purchasing records. Be aware of scrap metal theft bulletins. Report suspicious vehicles or suspicious materials attempted to be sold, to management. Work with warehouse team to process various insulated wire grades, brass, and copper bearing products. Safely operate battery operated saws, cable cutters, hammermill, and wire processing machinery. Other duties as assigned by the Operations Assistant. Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education/Experience: High School diploma or GED. Forklift experience Prior experience in service industry preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Must be willing and able to work overtime, weekends, and/or holidays. Reliable and excellent attendance. Ability to distinguish between various recyclable materials. Self-starter, maintaining performance standards while working unsupervised. Displays friendly, helpful customer service with the public Ability to get along with co-workers and customers
Certificates and Licenses: Valid forklift certification, loader training, and lockout tag out certification. Must be able to complete company safety certification program.
Language Skills: Good written and verbal communication skills; can effectively communicate to all levels of management both internally and externally. Strong active listening skills; gives full attention to what other people are saying, takes time to understand the points being made, ask questions when appropriate, and letting others fully state their ideas. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Reasoning Ability: Grasps concepts quickly and has good follow through skills; adheres to work schedule and follows through on challenges as they arise; maintains a positive outlook. Ability to identify the information needed to clarify situations; seeks information from appropriate sources; tackles a problem using a logical, sequential approach and can anticipate the implications of actions.
Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment described below represent the activities and surroundings of the positions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and twist from the waist and knees; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch and talk or hear. The employee must be able to lift, push, pull, unload, drag and carry from 10 to 50 pounds. The employee must be able to assist the public with physical tasks such as loading and unloading paper, cardboard and other recycling. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision and ability to adjust focus. Exposure to extreme heat and cold weather conditions. Exposure to dust, noise and fumes found in a shop environment.
Job Description Description: The Warehouse Operator will work out of our West Seattle Recycling location and will operate several machines in the warehouse that include Forklift, Wheel Loader, and Baler. The Warehouse Operator will perform various tasks to support all warehouse functions.
Duties and Responsibilities: Perform duties in compliance with all Company policies and local, state, and federal safety regulations. Safely operate and maintain all equipment associated with the Loaders, Forklifts, Balers and strappers. Conduct daily pre and post trip inspections as required by OSHA and Seadrunar standards. Ensure employees are properly trained to operate and/or maintain all equipment. Monitor and load wire for strappers. Report contaminated loads to supervisors and/or management. Assist customers to the correct location to unload and help if necessary. Load/unload trucks and trailers. Empty tipping bins (trash, glass, etc.) and bunkers. Monitor final products for excessive contamination and report to supervisors and/or management. Maintain a clear and hazard free shipping area. Perform work on weekends, and/or holidays and evenings as needed to meet applicable deadlines. Be proficient in grading, sorting, and upgrading scrap metal purchased. Provide accurate weights to the customer base when using digital and balance scales. Document vehicle description, license plate and material customers sell to the business for purchasing records. Be aware of scrap metal theft bulletins. Report suspicious vehicles or suspicious materials attempted to be sold, to management. Work with warehouse team to process various insulated wire grades, brass, and copper bearing products. Safely operate battery operated saws, cable cutters, hammermill, and wire processing machinery. Other duties as assigned by the Operations Assistant. Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education/Experience: High School diploma or GED. Forklift experience Prior experience in service industry preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Must be willing and able to work overtime, weekends, and/or holidays. Reliable and excellent attendance. Ability to distinguish between various recyclable materials. Self-starter, maintaining performance standards while working unsupervised. Displays friendly, helpful customer service with the public Ability to get along with co-workers and customers
Certificates and Licenses: Valid forklift certification, loader training, and lockout tag out certification. Must be able to complete company safety certification program.
Language Skills: Good written and verbal communication skills; can effectively communicate to all levels of management both internally and externally. Strong active listening skills; gives full attention to what other people are saying, takes time to understand the points being made, ask questions when appropriate, and letting others fully state their ideas. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Reasoning Ability: Grasps concepts quickly and has good follow through skills; adheres to work schedule and follows through on challenges as they arise; maintains a positive outlook. Ability to identify the information needed to clarify situations; seeks information from appropriate sources; tackles a problem using a logical, sequential approach and can anticipate the implications of actions.
Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment described below represent the activities and surroundings of the positions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and twist from the waist and knees; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch and talk or hear. The employee must be able to lift, push, pull, unload, drag and carry from 10 to 50 pounds. The employee must be able to assist the public with physical tasks such as loading and unloading paper, cardboard and other recycling. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision and ability to adjust focus. Exposure to extreme heat and cold weather conditions. Exposure to dust, noise and fumes found in a shop environment.